A team of astronomers from the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL)...
The formation of Milky Way-mass galactic disc structure in cosmological simulations
Recent years have seen impressive development in cosmological simulations for spiral disc galaxies like the Milky Way. I present a suite of high-resolution...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias obtains the visible spectrum of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), the first confirmed interstellar comet
The spectrum acquired by GTC of interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) reveals that this object has a surface composition not unlike that found in Solar System...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias will observe binary asteroid Didymos, main target of the ESA Hera space mission
The World’s largest optical and infrared telescope will be part of this space project by observing binary asteroid Didymos in order to assess the impact that...
The IAC has its qualification as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence renewed
The Ministry of Science and Innovation published yesterday the provisional resolution of the qualification of the Centres and Units of Excellence, granting the...
The IAC has published the book “In a certain place in the Universe….” with contributions from well-known writers, and proceeds to charity
This publication from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) contains the literary and graphic contributions of important figures in current literatura...
The IAC hosts the annual meeting of the DALI experiment to search for dark matter
The annual meeting of the DALI (Dark-photons & Axion-Like particles Interferometer) experiment, an international collaboration to develop an astroparticle...
The IAC hosts the second Solar MHD conference, an international meeting of experts in solar physics
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is hosting the second Solar MHD ( UKUS 7) conference this week. Following the successful first edition held in...
The IAC is celebrating 10 years of Educational Adventure in Astronomy
Yesterday saw the start of the 10th International School Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands (AEACI 2024) which will be celebrated during the...